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diff --git a/Doc/faq/windows.rst b/Doc/faq/windows.rst index 0a85a403d5..59f9480c20 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/windows.rst @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Python on Windows FAQ ===================== -.. contents:: +.. only:: html + + .. contents:: .. XXX need review for Python 3. XXX need review for Windows Vista/Seven? @@ -168,18 +170,20 @@ offender. How do I make an executable from a Python script? ------------------------------------------------- -See http://www.py2exe.org/ for a distutils extension that allows you +See http://cx-freeze.sourceforge.net/ for a distutils extension that allows you to create console and GUI executables from Python code. +`py2exe <http://www.py2exe.org/>`_, the most popular extension for building +Python 2.x-based executables, does not yet support Python 3 but a version that +does is in development. + Is a ``*.pyd`` file the same as a DLL? -------------------------------------- -.. XXX update for py3k (PyInit_foo) - Yes, .pyd files are dll's, but there are a few differences. If you have a DLL -named ``foo.pyd``, then it must have a function ``initfoo()``. You can then +named ``foo.pyd``, then it must have a function ``PyInit_foo()``. You can then write Python "import foo", and Python will search for foo.pyd (as well as -foo.py, foo.pyc) and if it finds it, will attempt to call ``initfoo()`` to +foo.py, foo.pyc) and if it finds it, will attempt to call ``PyInit_foo()`` to initialize it. You do not link your .exe with foo.lib, as that would cause Windows to require the DLL to be present. @@ -245,7 +249,7 @@ Embedding the Python interpreter in a Windows app can be summarized as follows: ... Py_Initialize(); // Initialize Python. initmyAppc(); // Initialize (import) the helper class. - PyRun_SimpleString("import myApp") ; // Import the shadow class. + PyRun_SimpleString("import myApp"); // Import the shadow class. 5. There are two problems with Python's C API which will become apparent if you use a compiler other than MSVC, the compiler used to build pythonNN.dll. |